D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Strategic

/strət-ēj'-ĭk/ · Stra·te·gic · IPA /stɹəˈti.dʒɪk/
01 a. Of or pertaining to strategy; effected by artifice.
  1. 1.
    Of or pertaining to strategy; effected by artifice.
Phrases & compounds
Strategic line — a line joining strategic points.
Strategic point — any point or region in the theater or warlike operations which affords to its possessor an advantage over his opponent, as a mountain pass, a junction of rivers or roads, a fortress, etc.